Clothes drier



Sept. 7 1926. l

v .1.5. GAGNE GLO'I'I'ES DRIER Filed August 12, 1924 `Patented Sept. 7,41926.

"JnAnfnArrrs'rnf GA'G; oFwAnFoan, oNTAaro, CANADA.

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f'.Appiiciarikbny fue'd Aii'g'usf 12, 1924. sei-initd. 731,6791

lThis invention. has relation to certaine-'new and, `useful`improveineits. in lthe art-of clothes drying apparat and v.has for litsprimary object the ,:pioyisionrofgan: Iapparatus including 'a `p'ir'autyof eliapsible clothes supp-ort-ngv racks carrying supporting members,,arr"arigedy "one above the other when in operative,k position, theYsupporting members of which may be arranged in staggered relation sothat a considerable quantity of clothes may be supported in a `limitedspace.

Another object of the "invention resides in the provision of a clothesdrying apparatus ofthe character stated including a collapsiblesupporting frame carrying a concatenation of articulated clothessupporting racks, which, when said fra-me is Collapsed, Vmaybe folded`i'ntothe body thereof in compact relation, thusproviding a, structurewhich may be stored in av very limited space. t

lith the foregoing and other objects inr View,r as will` appear as thedescription proceeds,` thev invention Lconsists of the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement ofelements ashereinafter morespecifically set forth, claimed and shownv in the accompanying drawingsformingy a part of the present application .and in which: Y 1 isa .sideelevation of a clothes drying 'apparatus constructed in accordance vwithmy invention,` the` same being `illustrated in position fornse.

Fig. 2'is anendelevation thereof. fFig. 3 is avertical section` as itwould appear vwhen taken von the plane designated by the line 3 3 onFig.2. I

VFig 4 is a similar View illustrating the apparatus in collapsedposition.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan- `'view of one of the clothes supportingracks.

Referring more indetail to the drawings in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,it will be noted that the invention includes a .frameconstructed of thelegs 6. 7, 8 and ,9, the upper ends of which are connected by the hingekplates 10 and 11 secured'thereto, the rod y12 serving as a pintle.

The legs are braced` in spaced relation by' the cross members moreclearly illustrated in Fig. 2 and designatedrinjtheir entirety by.,

the''-numeralsf--13.V ,Braces 14 and15, hinged to .theflegs ,7 and` 9,respectively, as at 16 'p yand *17,*v retain saidlegs' andthe legs' 6ands iiifspiiceieiafbn, Wiles the, bfuieated., @has Y 22 are arrangedoneabove thefotherandlare f articulated Ato the Vlegs constituting the mainfra1ne,fas at 23, 24 and 25, so that said racks, for st-oring purposes,may be collapsed as shown in Fig. 4.

Each of said racks is formed in two sections, each section including theside members 26 and 27 which are held in spaced relation by the rods 28and 29. The ends of the rods 30 are looped and loosely embrace themembers 31 vand 32. The two sections forming each clothes supportingrack are coupled Vby the links 33 .and'34, said links being held inposition by the upset abutinents 35 formedon the rods 29.-

Presuming that the apparatus is collapsed and it is desired to usethesame, the hooks 35 are unhoolred froln 'the eyelets 37 and the braces 14and 15 Vare released from the pins 38 which retain the same inalignmentwith the legs of the apparatus when the same is not in use. Thelegs ofthe apparatus .arevthen spread and the slotted extremities of thebraces are engaged with the locking pins 18 and 19 as shown in Fig. 1,thereby retaining the leg of the frame rigidly in spaced relation. Asthe legs of the frame are separated the clothes .supporting racks Y 20,21 and 22 fold from their collapsed posiy'being spaced along the members31 and 32 as required. 1

: To collapse the apparatus for storing purposes, the bifurcated ends ofthe braces -14 Y and 15 are disengaged from the locking pin-s y18 and 19an-d are swung back into alignment with the legs 7 and 9, the sameengagingthe supporting ypins 3,8. The clothes supporting racks arev thencollapsed, the

racks 2O and l22 folding upwardly and the I rack 21 folding downwardly,.as indicated y,by the arrows rin Fig. 1. vF rom Van examination of Fig.4 it will be noted that by this Varrangement saidV racks may be fold-edinto compact relation within the the legs ofthe supporting structure,which are hooked together bythe hooks andjeyelets referred to,

after which/the apparatus may be storedV within avery limited space.

l/Vhile the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described, itis to be understood that minor changes in thev details of construction,combination and arrangement of elements may be resorted to within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit or' theinvention.

What I claim as new is:

l. A clothes drier comprising two pairs of legs hinged at their upper`ends, racks each formed of two articulated .sectionsextendingtransversely between and pivoted to said pairs of legs, and aplurality of transversely adjustable clothes supporting rods extending,`longitudinally of said rack sections.

2. A clothes drier comprising two pairs of legs hinged at their upperends, crossed braces extending between said pairs of legs to hold thesame in spaced relation, racks each formed of two articulated sectionsextending transversely between and pivoted to said pairs of legs andincluding rod carry ing members extending 4across the ends of said racksections, and a plurality'of clothes supporting rods extendinglongitudinally or' said rack sections and loosely engaging said rodcarrying members.

In testimony whereof, I aiix my signature.

JEAN BAPTISTE GAGNE.

